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Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott said homicides are down 29% and non-fatal shootings are down 41% compared to this time in 2024.

The reduction in homicides comes after the city recorded less than 300 homicides in 2024 -- the second year in a row below the 300 mark.

However, Scott said there is still work to do.

"We're going to continue to work with our Group Violence Reduction Strategy , with our focus of our police department on the folks who are bringing in guns into our community, using guns in our community," Scott told 11 News on Monday.

Scott said their approach is always evolving.

"We always adjust right every day, every community, as we move deeper to us throughout the city, we have to adjust to the different things in the neighborhood, and we have to adjust to what's happening on the ground," Scott said.

Scott and other city leaders said they will have a plan in place to try keeping violent crime numbers down and juveniles out of trouble as spring and warmer weather inch closer.

"We know things change when the weather breaks out, and we're going to continue to have our plans that we always do and update those when necessary," Scott told 11 News.

"I know that the mayor's team, MONSE, has been working very closely with law enforcement, with school police, with all the different partners in this space to make sure this upcoming summer is the safest summer on record in Baltimore," said Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen.

While the reduction in crime is good, Scott said there is more work to be done.

"We're still not happy," Scott said. "There's still far too many. This is a way for us to continue, even early in the year, acknowledge the progress that we made, but understand that the work continues, and we have a long way to go."